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This Brazilian Tattoo Artist Is Horrible At Drawing, But People Still Pay Her To Get Inked (10+ Pics)

Sick and tired of the same old tattoo designs that everyone seems to have? Come see Helena Fernandes, and she'll fix you up with the ugliest, most unprofessional ink you've ever seen.

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The 26-year-old artist of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, is the proud founder of Malfeitona, a home studio providing what she describes in Portuguese as tatuagens peba (literally "trash tattoos") with complete honesty. The girl can't draw to save her life, but she harnesses this lack of skill to carve out a niche for herself as a purveyor of unique and original ink. Not only has Fernandes gone viral for it, she's managed to build a successful business with dozens of 5-star reviews from happy customers, as well as over 12 thousand Instagram followers.

Check out some of her best (worst?) work below, and let us know if you'd book a flight to Brazil to get one of these delightfully hideous tattoos put on you for life.

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So who cares if the design is ugly or weird, that's just people taste......Its the crappy quality of the tattoo that a I have a problem with cause it's just taking people's money for something that isn't going to last or is going to look very different in a year.

art don't have to look good, wanna talk art philosophy? this is original, never done before, and sarcastic and critical: the definition of art, you might no like it but you can't say it's not art. Did you saw the caducee?the serpent who bite his tail? if you don't know it i understand your reaction but this is art to do that on such symbols

art don't have to look good, wanna talk art philosophy? this is original, never done before, and sarcastic and critical: the definition of art, you might no like it but you can't say it's not art. Did you saw the caducee?the serpent who bite his tail? if you don't know it i understand your reaction but this is art to do that on such symbols